Bill Text: NY A03199 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the department of environmental conservation to report on coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-11-25 - VETOED MEMO.159 [A03199 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03199-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3199--C
                                                                   R. R. 110

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  D'URSO,  SAYEGH,  TAYLOR, ARROYO, MIKULIN --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MORINELLO -- read once and referred  to
          the  Committee  on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee  --  again  reported  from  said  committee with amendments,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          reported  and  referred  to  the  Committee on Rules -- amended on the
          special order of third reading, ordered reprinted as amended,  retain-
          ing its place on the special order of third reading

        AN ACT to require the department of environmental conservation to report
          on coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.   The department of environmental  conservation  shall,  no
     2  later  than January 1, 2022, prepare a report to the legislature regard-
     3  ing coyote management techniques in urban  and  suburban  areas  of  the
     4  state. Such report, which shall be based on the best available scientif-
     5  ic information, shall include:
     6    (i)  management measures currently taken by the department to minimize
     7  conflict between humans and coyotes;
     8    (ii) review of effective management  measures  being  taken  in  other
     9  states;
    10    (iii)  methods to enhance public engagement in and awareness of coyote
    11  management issues;
    12    (iv) identification and evaluation of urban and suburban areas of  the
    13  state with high concentrations of coyote populations;
    14    (v)  methods  currently implemented to minimize dangerous interactions
    15  between humans and coyotes and recommendations for improvements to  such
    16  methods, if applicable;
    17    (vi)  the basis for the department's current coyote population manage-
    18  ment levels; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 3199--C                          2

     1    (vii) an evaluation of coyote control methods that may be employed  to
     2  reduce  coyote  populations  other  than  traditional hunting, which may
     3  include, but need not be limited to capture and removal,  and  fertility
     4  control.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.